On 1 Sep 2003 at 16:25, Mats Andersson wrote:

> This is both good and bad news. Good that i won't become allergic, bad
> that i need to get my wife and kids a few stings. They won't like it...

  Commercial beekeepers seem to have a high divorce rate;
perhaps this is part of it.  (Long periods away from home might be
a factor too.)

  I know one beekeeper wife, who is allergic and deathly afraid of
bees. I suspect the venom dust from washing is the cause of the
problem. I always tried to make sure my kids had at least an
occasional sting because of this, and they did not have any
significant problem.

Dave Green   SC  USA
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